Re: Volatile acidity and barrels

First, thank you for an excellent link. But I fail to see where the article suggests that ozone is a treatment for tainted barrels, other than the Fresno study showing that ozone killed a brett infection. If the taint, as indicated in the OP, is a VA problem (such as an acetobacter contamination) then I still find no indication that ozone is a treatment for such.

I agree with the primary premise of the article - ozone is arguably the most effective barrel sanitizer available, imaprts no taint of it's own to the barrel, is environmentally less imapctful than many alternatives, and seems to have no adverse impact on the qualities of the oak that the winemaker desires. But other than the one study regarding Brett, this article does not seem to suggest that ozone is a treatment for barrel contaminations that result in VA in your wine. Does it?



On 2008-01-02 12:31:45 -0800, dlzc <dlzc1@xxxxxxx> said:

http://www.carlsenassociates.com/web_pdfs/W&V-O3-Article.pdf

Seems like it can be a treatment for tainted barrels also.

David A. Smith


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